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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German, Dutch, French, and English : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ + gār, gēr ‘spear’. This name was taken to England by the Normans; however, in East Anglia the surname is from an Old Danish personal name of similar origin.

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